Definitions

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  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From Irish Ó Connalláin.

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Examples

  • One of the other things that is quickly becoming clear in Conlon’s tenure is his commitment to community and educational programs.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • One of the other things that is quickly becoming clear in Conlon’s tenure is his commitment to community and educational programs.

    After the 2007

  • Conlon said there are many mosquito-borne diseases — such as West Nile virus or Eastern equine encephalitis — that continue to be a concern.

    Mosquitoes swarm from breeding grounds left by Hurricane Irene 2011

  • But Mr. Conlon, ­already showing a mature novelist's skill, has produced an accomplished work full of wisdom and adrenaline, contemplation and action, pride and regret.

    Sleuths and the City Tom Nolan 2011

  • Many affected areas have begun spraying insecticides to keep the mosquito population under control, Conlon added.

    Mosquitoes swarm from breeding grounds left by Hurricane Irene 2011

  • A little bird tells me that even James Conlon, conductor and music director, was a little apprehensive about the idea of being brought out for his curtain call by an exceedingly long-armed Michelle DeYoung in her endlessly plaintive Fricka costume.

    Solid Gold 2009

  • Seven years ago, New York City ­police officer Edward Conlon published a terrific law-enforcement memoir called "Blue Blood" and for several years before that, using a pseudonym, wrote a police diary for the New Yorker magazine.

    Sleuths and the City Tom Nolan 2011

  • Conlon wrote that the First Amendment does not protect citizens who record the police.

    Chicago State's Attorney Lets Bad Cops Slide, Prosecutes Citizens Who Record Them 2011

  • Neil Gaught, of Gaught Conlon, a brand consultancy, thinks that Sony has frittered away the brand equity it used to have; by failing to keep that emotional connection with customers, by not making products that they would really "love" a phrase that you often hear Apple users employ, it has sacrificed itself on the altar of price competition.

    A game that Sony must win 2011

  • The orchestra under James Conlon sounded excellent, but it is true that the sound is often distant since they are covered over in a pit below the stage level due to the requirements of the production.

    The eyes have it 2009

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